Luspatercept-aamt 25 mg subcutaneous solution at Sanford Medical Center Bismarck

300 N 7th Street, Bismarck, ND · Sanford Health · · NPI 1538245634

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$11,323.53

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$14,154.41

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$39.88 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $4,996.33 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $39.88 ↓ -100%
Health Partners Commercial $41.40 ↓ -100%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $42.82 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $43.24 ↓ -100%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $43.24 ↓ -100%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $43.24 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $43.24 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $43.24 ↓ -100%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $44.08 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $45.95 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $45.95 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $45.95 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $45.95 ↓ -100%
Security Health Plan Commercial $3,053.31 ↓ -73%
Medica Choice $3,780.56 ↓ -67%
Ucare Commercial $3,902.14 ↓ -66%
Medica Elect $4,047.03 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $4,052.58 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,607.73 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial $4,696.55 ↓ -59%
Multiplan Commercial $4,996.33 ↓ -56%
Healthez Commercial $4,996.33 ↓ -56%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $4,996.33 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial $4,996.33 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —

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Luspatercept-aamt 25 mg subcutaneous solution at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Hillsboro Hillsboro not published $41.40 – $41.40
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville not published $41.40 – $41.40
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo not published $39.21 – $45.95

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